Legal Opinion

Hall v. Waterman

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 21, 1906PublishedCited by 30 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of DeKalb county; the Hon. Henry B. Willis, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cartwright

On April 29, 1902, appellees filed their bill in this case in the circuit court of DeKalb county, claiming title to an undivided one-half of eighty acres of land in said county as devisees of James S. Waterman, deceased, and alleging that appellant, Waterman Hall, a corporation, which was made defendant, owned the other undivided one-half as devisee under the will of Abbie L. Waterman and by virtue of a conveyance from the executors of said will, and that appellant had been in possession of the whole of the tract of land since June 1, 1888, and had received the rents, issues and profits. The…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Illinois Land & Loan Co. v. BonnerIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
  2. Hayward v. GunnIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
  3. Lavalle v. StrobelIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
  4. Conner v. GoodmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
  5. Goewey v. UrigIllinois Supreme Court · 1856

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Thurmond v. EspalinNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1946
  2. Uphoff v. Trustees of Tufts CollegeIllinois Supreme Court · 1932
  3. Simpson v. MansonIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
  4. Thompson v. OdomSupreme Court of Alabama · 1966
  5. Tontz v. HeathIllinois Supreme Court · 1960

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